Tesla
had a hunch that, since his high-potential, high-frequency currents
could be passed into the body harmlessly, "these currents might lend
themselves to electrotherapeutic uses." Tesla experimented upon himself.
When he was struck down in the streets by a New York taxi, he didn’t
deliver himself over to the medicals but dragged himself up to his
hotel room where, in seclusion and with the help of his own
electrotherapy, he recovered from his fractures and contusions. Tesla
never patented in electrotherapy, but in 1891 he began publishing his
observations in technical journals, and seven years later we find Tesla
giving a speech to the American Electro-Therapeutic Association in
which he details with drawings the high-frequency apparatus he
invented for this purpose, which included a Tesla coil.

LakovskyTesla’s
suggestions were taken up in earnest by George Lakhovsky, who perceived
that the twisted-filament, coil-like structures within all living cells
constitute ultramicroscopic circuits "capable of oscillating
electrically over a wide scale of very short wavelengths."

Lakhovsky’s
apparatus evolved from Tesla’s. "These circuits," Lakhovsky wrote, "are
stimulated by damped high-frequency currents from a spark gap. Thus
each circuit of the transmitter vibrates not only on its natural
frequency, but also on numerous harmonics." Here we must sing praises
to the old spark gap because Lakhovsky observes that the frequency of
his spark-gap oscillator’s basic vibrations ranged from 750 kilocycles
all the way up to 3 gigacycles! And he adds that "each circuit also
emits many harmonics, which, with their basic waves, their
interferences and their effluvia can reach the scale of infra-red and
even that of visible light."

Lakhovsky employed spark-gap oscillators, Tesla
coils, and even vacuum-tube oscillators, and he put some of these
devices into patent. The Lakhovsky multiple-wave oscillator (MWO)
terminates in a distinctive frequency-independent antenna consisting of
a number of concentric open rings of different diameters. The MWO
antenna provides full-body stimulation to the patient, who is situated
a few feet distant from an antenna or between a matching pair.

Tesla's
electrotherapy idea was taken up as well by Arsene D'Arsonval and Paul
Ouden. One finds in the Tesla coil literature many mentions of an
"Ouden coil," when a Tesla coil is obviously meant. This has perplexed
some researchers who conclude
Ouden's coil had to be special, but he
had just made it a safer apparatus. (The Ouden circuit grounded the
bottom of both primary and secondary, but this feature can be found in
Tesla's circuits as well.) Perhaps, as Tesla's name became taboo in the
media, writers and editors
chose to call the device by Dr. Ouden's name to play it safe.

medical secretLakhovsky called his book The Secret of Life,
no less. The ability to electrostimulate living tissue at the
subcellular level and thus energize the life force within has huge
medical implications.

Organized medicine (which
works hand-in-hand with pharmaceutical corporations, which in turn work
hand-in-hand with the mass media) distracts the public from the
observation that the myriad diseases that afflict us could stem from a
fundamental condition, the weakening of the "life-force" or of the "heart of health" (to use some old terms rather then the "immune-system" of contemporary AIDSpeak).

In modern medicine each and every disease,
disorder, and (more recently) "syndrome" is assigned its own particular
pathological designation, its own symptomology, its own etiology
(cause), and, if possible, its own particular medical specialty. Thus
particularized, each disease can have
its own therapy, be it a vaccine, an antibiotic, an anodyne, a surgery,
or whatever, and may even have its own medical specialist. One of the
most hugely profitable industries on the planet has developed out of
this distraction and brainwash that passes for modern healing.

The
scam has gone so far now that researchers invent diseases and syndromes
by definitional contrivance, even when no distinct and separate
symptomology or etiology exists. (Example: so-called AIDS).

Lakhovsky proposed that exposure to a blend of
higher frequencies stimulate the cell’s life force, restoring vigor and
balance. The
vibrational responsiveness of living cells suggests a whole new medical
panorama in which electric waves, both natural and man-made, exercise
influences both healthful and malignant upon the body’s cellular
oscillatory balance.

According to Lakhovsky, treatment with the multiple-wave
oscillator mobilizes the body’s own self-healing reserves. Thus the
range of diseases that can be treated is infinite.

Degenerative
conditions develop when the body’s self-healing reserves lose their
power. Infections, cancers, inflammations, skeletal degeneration and
organ dysfunctions then develop, but often such conditions can be
reversed if these reserves are revived. Even fractures and cuts can be
healed in a fraction of the normal time. Neural dysfunctions, from
headaches to deafness to paralysis, can be normalized. The MWO has been
used successfully to treat arthritis. Can any such a cure-all really
exist? If there is a generalized life-force enhancer, then the answer
is yes, and this may be it.

the violet rayAn allied mode of MWO-style
electrotherapy in which one that does not rely upon the sophisticated
concentric-ring antenna is the violet ray. The violet ray wand is another
convenient means of translating electric energy into the body, but in a
more focused, localized mode.

A low-pressure inert noble gas, such as argon, contained in a glass bulb or tube is electrified by
high-potential, high-frequency Tesla currents generated by a spark-type Tesla coil. The wand emits, when
brought into contact with the body, an electric ray, seen as a orange, reddish
or violet beam, a fascinating phenomenon to watch.

Tesla himself used such a revivifying ray
daily. While the MWO was never mass-produced, the violet-ray machine
was actually commercially
manufactured, and it became a fixture in many
a doctor’s office and in many homes. Made available to the general
public by a number of manufacturers in the 1920s and ’30s, one could
mail-order the device from a Sears catalog. Not surprisingly, the
advertising made sweeping cure-all claims. Eventually medicine
organized to suppress this threatening alternative to its official
line, which it labeled "quack," but for a time both MWO and violet-ray
flourished, and to such a degree that it still can't be stamped out.

Like Tesla technology generally, this high-frequency electric healing
technology still persists today world-wide and underground. Borderland
Sciences made a big contribution to the perpetuation of the technology
with the publication of Tom Brown’s MWO Handbook in 1986, which is now in its fourth edition. The violet-ray machines employed compact spark-gap oscillators or Tesla
coils to generate the currents.

The most common ray-tube electrode was
in the form of a wand with a flared end, but ray-tubes were also
available in a wide variety of blown-glass shapes designed to accommodate any
contour of the anatomy and to fit into any orifice.

violet-ray todayWhen appropriate
inexpensive violet-ray electrodes were difficult to come by,
experimenters found an alternative in an off-beat argon UV night-light
bulb called the AR-1. I used one of these for many years. Fortunately,
one does not have to resort to such improvisations, for today a few dealers
continue to sell a mushroom violet-ray wand for as low as $7.00. (See for moreinformation
below.) Violet-rays have become a fashion in sex-fetish circles, which
enhances the availability and affordability of the technology, as does the expanding popular interest in Tesla-coil building. You can connect a violet-ray wand to any powered-down spark Tesla coil. However there are some violet-ray and MWO appliances which are outrageously priced waiting to rip you off on the web.

The seer and
healer Edgar Cayce recommended violet-ray electrotherapy for his
patients in some 900 readings and for a tremendous variety of
conditions, including arthritis, baldness, circulation problems, nerve,
spinal and debilitation problems, sprains, eye disorders, and even
possession.

Tesla coilI have yet to build the concentric-ring antenna or the MWO, but I have
plenty of direct experience with the old AR1 violet-ray bulb, which I recently replaced with a wand. The
violet ray has been my way of translating Tesla currents into the body.
I connect the bulb or wand to the terminal
of a Tesla coil. The Tesla coil can be a small low-power unit or a
larger one moderated to low power by a variable transformer (variac).

Immersion
of the Tesla-coil secondary in an oil oil enhances the effect. I have experienced the value of oil immersion in the "recipe" oil coil described in detail in my book Son of Tesla Coil and shown on the Tesla Coil Page.For
electrotherapy I've found it superior to any open helical secondary.
It's power can be felt, for it generates in the tissue a greater
heating (diathermic) effect.

The Tesla coil should be spark-gap type. As
an experiment, I drove my violet ray with the solid-state pulse unit detailed in Son of Tesla Coil. Unlike spark, which generates a broad spectrum of frequencies, the electronic driver supplies just a single-frequency of
electric vibration to the wand. This
produces a steady intense ray of different coloration, no crackle, and
very hot. The diathermic effect is powerful, nearly burning, and
lingers in the tissue for some minutes after use. Interesting
experiment; this strange ray may have a use. But, for electrotherapy as
I know it, I'll stick with the tradition of spark.

I’ve
also built and used extensively a little portable MWO coil designed by
Bob Beck (12-volt solid-state-driven ignition coil, spark gap of auto
points, tiny one-inch diameter secondary). Lately I prefer larger,
hotter stationary coils, but powered down with a variac. My latest
spark gap is also made from auto ignition points. The transformer
(neon) is attenuated by the variac and is rated only 5 kv, 20 MA. The
spark gap is about .004".

If you want to experiement, the application
time for ray bulb or wand can be from one to thirty minutes. Violet-ray
devices should always be adjustable for intensity, the output being reduced when the
diathermic effect is felt to be too hot.

pacemakers, other implantsTesla-coil devices, including the
violet-ray, can disturb or destroy the operation of any sensitive
solid-state device, including the cardiac pacemaker, so avoid
Tesla currents if you have such an implant. By the same token, if I
found myself implanted with an unwanted RFID chip or other electronic
device, I would first try the violet ray in my effort to destroy it.
Particularly vulnerable within integrated-circuit chips are the tiny
capacitors whose dielectrics can be punctured by excessive voltages.
The Tesla coil powers the violet-ray with voltages in the many
thousands, safe for you at the high frequencies employed, but possibly
fatal to any implanted mini-electronics. Tesla
coils are inimical to computers and other solid-state electronics. My
violet-ray apparatus often creates a little nuisance by erasing the
recorded greeting in the solid-state answering machine across the room.

ozoneHolding
the wand to my face with one hand I can grasp a florescent tube with
the other, and the tube flickers. Electrifying. This is a way of
experiencing the Tesla coil viscerally. As I put the fluorescent tube
in the circuit, the increase in capacitive terminal load pulls up the
voltage, and more so if I ground one end of the fluorescent.

The
ray-wand crackles. The wand must be held firmly to the skin or sparks
will arc from its corona, producing an irritating tickle. Fresh ozone
is in the air. I admit to a dependency on these devices.

The
ozone produced is one of the touted benefits, says electrotherapy
inventor H.G. O’Neill in a patent of 1899 (No. 628,352): "Ozone in this
nascent form is very much more energetic than in a free state and
produces instant oxidation of all diseased matter. This form of asepsis
is applicable to the entire tract of a wound or diseased surface at any
depth. It is fatal to germ life and affords a means of internal
asepsis." Others have touted the release of heat in the tissues
(diathermy), as well as an increase in the local blood supply and an
increase in metabolic rate.
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The Multiple Wave Oscillator Handbook, edited
by Tom Brown, is a 350-page compilation of all sorts of articles on the
MWO and the violet ray, now in its 4th edition. Borderland Sciences,
P.O. Box 6250, Eureka, CA 95502, 707-445-2247. www.borderlands.comViolet-ray wands, Go to www.ebay.com and search "violet-ray wand." Large selection, as low as $7.00,